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ods:livingOrPreserved: can a DigitalSpecimen ever be alive? #140

Open Jegelewicz opened 1 week ago

Jegelewicz commented 1 week ago

Term Name

ods:livingOrPreserved

Digital Object Name

DigitalSpecimen

Feedback

I found it unusual to find this term as a property of DigitalSpecimen. Shouldn't it belong with MaterialEntity? I can't see any way that a DigitalSpecimen could be considered "alive".

Current definition

Whether the specimen is living or preserved

If it must be in DigitalSpecimen perhaps a different definition makes it clearer?

Whether the MaterialEntity associated with the DigitalSpecimen is living or preserved.

Jegelewicz commented 1 week ago

I would make the same observation for ods:isMarkedAsType. The DigitalSpecimen is NOT a type, That status belongs to the MaterialEntity it represents.

Jegelewicz commented 1 week ago

There a lot of term that I feel this way about - I won't keep listing them, but await others' responses.